Core Module Information
Module title: Mass Communications Major Project

SCQF level: 10:
SCQF credit value: 40.00
ECTS credit value: 20

Module code: JAC10127
Module leader: C. Paul Sellors
School School of Arts and Creative Industries
Subject area group: Screen and Performance
Prerequisites

To take this module you must have attempted JAC10126 Mass Communications Project Research, although you need not have passed it.

Description of module content:

On this module you will develop and complete a project initiated and supported by the research undertaken on the Mass Communications Project Research module. Mirroring professional funding application selection processes, module staff will select research proposals from the Mass Communications Project Research Module that will be completed as major projects. You will work either separately or in groups, depending upon the proposal, on one of these projects. A project completion plan will be agreed with the module leader, as will student roles within each project. If you are in a group project the group will agree with the module leader the tasks to be undertaken by each person. These roles can be reviewed and revised, in consultation with the module leader, as the project develops. You will complete all agreed research and reports and then produce, to an agreed level of completeness, a mass communications campaign to disseminate the work as specified. This campaign will draw on communication practices in persuasion, advertising, public relations, journalism, television, and/or film, as appropriate.

Learning Outcomes for module:

LO1: Devise, using SMART goals, a plan and workflow process to research and undertake a mass communications project
LO2: Select and make effective use of appropriate research methods
LO3: Manage a mass communications research project
LO4: Design and construct a mass communications campaign
LO5: Demonstrate compliance with the University’s research integrity and data protection policies, as well as relevant laws and regulations relating to your project.

Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, Trimester 2, FACE-TO-FACE, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: FACE-TO-FACE
Location of delivery: MERCHISTON
Partner: Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: C. Paul Sellors
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Face To Face Seminar 8 Contact Module Leader
Face To Face Project Supervision 3.5 Contact Module Leader
Independent Learning Guided independent study 388.5 Contact Module Leader
Total Study Hours400
Expected Total Study Hours for Module400


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Final Year Project 75 1-5 14/15 Contact Module Leader
Essay 15 1-5 14/15 , WORDS= 1500 Contact Module Leader
Discussion/Participation 10 3 14/15 Contact Module Leader
Component 1 subtotal: 75
Component 2 subtotal: 25
Module subtotal: 100

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